Improvement in king-bolts for vehicles



E. FR EEMAN.

King-Bolts for Vehicles.

- Patented Aug. 17,1875.

R. WkSHNGTON n C UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ELISHA FREEMAN, OF ETNA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN KING-BOLTS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,693, dated August17, 1875; application filed May 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA FREEMAN, of Etna, in the town of Dryden,Tompkins county, New York, have invented an Improved Wagon-Axle Ulipwith King-Bolt, which improvement I have set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a clip surrounding the front axle of a wagon,with a divided bolt or joint part above and part below the axle; and thenature of my invention will be apparent as I describe it.

Figure l is a front elevation of an axletree with my clip about it, andother parts connected therewith.

In Fig. l, a is the bolt that passes through the bolster b and spring 0,secured by a nut, d. The head a of the bolt a lies in a cavity in thetop of the clip fover the top of the axle. The clip f extends, first, bya broad part, f, which narrows, next, as it goes down, until it becomesa screw-bolt for the clip-bar g, which bar is held, as part of the clip,to the axle, by the nuts f. In the middle of the clip-bar g is ahinge-projection, h, just beneath the line or axis of the bolt a, and itmakes the lower part of the king-bolt hinging of the axle.

To this projecting bolt h a stout iron is hinged which connects with thewagon-reach or other part of the wagon, and thus is part of the axis orhinge turning of the bolster and axle.

It will be noticed that this dividing of the king-bolt into two parts,one above and the other below the axle, and the making each fast, one tothe bolster and the other to the clip-bar, gives a wide joint, while thepreservation of the axle entire gives strength to the axle, the wood 2'of the axle and the iron j of the axle being therebypreserved in theirfull strength and'size for this purpose.

The other advantages and uses of my invention are apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains.

I claim-- I The clip f, about the front axle of a wagon, having adouble-jointed attachment to it, the upper part being a bolt, a, fromthe bolster b, with its bolt-head a in a cavity in the upper part of theclip, and the lower part of the joint being made by the projection h onthe clip-bar g, substantially as set forth.

ELISHA FREEMAN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL J. PARKER, O. P. HYDE.

